Growing Pumpkins in New Mexico: Will They Ripen in Time?
New Mexico’s growing season leaves a narrow but real window for pumpkins to ripen before the first hard frost.
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New Mexico’s growing season leaves a narrow but real window for pumpkins to ripen before the first hard frost.
Spring-sown spinach in New Jersey starts bolting as day length and warmth climb together, usually pushing plants to flower by the time late spring turns…
Yes, in most of New Jersey, but only if the flowers open by roughly mid-September.
In New Hampshire, spinach runs into trouble from two directions at once: the long daylight hours of a New England June trigger bolting no matter how mild…
Pumpkins ripen in time in New Hampshire when the flower behind the fruit opens by roughly late August.
The short answer Start with the number: 15 hours and 34 minutes of daylight on the longest day of the year at the reference station near Moncton.
Pumpkins in New Brunswick have a real shot at ripening, but the whole plan hinges on one narrow stretch of days: the vine has to flower by the second or…
Spinach in Nevada bolts fast because the state’s long summer daylight, not just its heat, tells the plant to flower.
Yes, in parts of Nevada a pumpkin planted this year can ripen before frost, but the margin is thin and it depends entirely on elevation.
Spinach bolts in Nebraska once the calendar pushes past the longest days of the year, and heat finishes the job.